Motorsport

Anton De Pasquale has given Chevrolet and Team 18 their second win of the 2026 Supercars season with a convincing victory in the third and final race at Hidden Valley.
After starting from third on the grid, De Pasquale made his first of two pit stops earlier than the other race contenders, undercutting the pole-winning Tickford Ford Mustang of Cam Waters, and even a longer, second pit stop ...Keep reading

In its second year with the Ford Mustang, the US manufacturer has reason to celebrate its first DTM pole position. Arjun Maini delivered a 1:19.750 for HRT and Ford to secure the top spot on the grid after already starting from second on Saturday. The Indian driver was 0.128 seconds faster than Ferrari pilot Matteo Cairoli from Emil Frey Racing.
"I cannot thank the team enough, really", said a ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi has apologised after he was banned from taking part in the Czech Grand Prix for striking a marshal.
The MotoGP points leader got into hot water with the stewards after footage emerged showing him getting into an altercation with a marshal in Saturday’s sprint.
After crashing on the penultimate lap of the race, the 27-year-old ran towards his factory Aprilia, which was being ...Keep reading

If what happened to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 happened to you, would you have received the same courtesy? 
That was a question asked to numerous team executives in the O’Reilly Series garage on Saturday night at Naval Base Coronado. This was in response to NASCAR allowing Corey Day back on the lead lap after a loose sewer vent cover punctured his radiator on the opening lap ...Keep reading

It took almost five hours from start-to-finish, but in the end, it was the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Austin Hill who captured the checkered flag.
After Taylor Gray sent Carson Kvapil spinning from the lead with three laps to go, Hill muscled Gray out of the way on the white flag lap, claiming victory for RCR. 
 
Gray finished second, Sheldon Creed third, Kvapil ...Keep reading

During a red flag for a massive restart crash that severely damaged the Turn 1 wall at the San Diego street course, something truly unusual happened. 
Wearing flip-flops, a fan walked onto the race track and approached the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Ford of Sheldon Creed. They shared a brief conversation, which ended with a fist-bump. The fan then slapped the hood of the car and quickly scaled ...Keep reading

During a Lap 35 final stage at San Diego, Sam Mayer clipped the inside wall, shooting him across the nose of Anthony Alfredo and directly into the concrete wall lining the outside of Turn 1.
At least 23 cars were involved in the violent crash according to The CW, and NASCAR immediately red-flagged the event. It was the second red flag of the race, with the first one caused by a metal cover that ...Keep reading

Pato O'Ward was left searching for answers after qualifying 10th for Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. 
The 27-year-old Mexican, who currently sits fifth in the IndyCar Series championship standings, clocked a flying lap of 1m,44.4003s around the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course. It was a significant drop from his pace-setting time of 1m44.0029s in second practice on ...Keep reading

It's never good when Race Control needs to call for a welder on the first lap of a street course race.
Corey Day had started from the very rear of the field in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly race after a crash yesterday forced him into a backup car. He was being cautious on the opening lap of the race, but it didn't matter.
Unfortunately, luck wasn't on his side as a metal cover of some kind ...Keep reading

How could this happen? The decision by race control to call a Full Course Yellow shortly after Marco Mapelli, Ben Dorr, and Ricardo Feller entered the pit lane propelled the trio to the front - and robbed Nicki Thiim of his first Aston Martin victory in the DTM at the Lausitzring on Saturday. It brought back memories of Oschersleben 2024, when an unfortunate FCY phase moved Marco Wittmann from ...Keep reading

There is dominant, and then there is historical.
Alex Palou is rapidly pushing his career into the latter category.
The reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion added yet another milestone to his legendary resume on Saturday, capturing the pole position for Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. 
Driving the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) Honda, the 29-year-old Spaniard clocked ...Keep reading

NASCAR enthusiasts are familiar with what happens to tires at Bristol when the ambient temperature drops below 60 degrees -- the tires get chewed-up and it becomes a beach of marbles on both sides of the racing surface.
As it turns out, the same thing is happening this weekend at Naval Air Station North Island, as better articulated by Chase Briscoe.
"It's as if Darlington and old Atlanta ...Keep reading

Christian Lundgaard will have his work cut out for him in tomorrow’s IndyCar Series round at Road America after narrowly missing out on the Fast 12 during a frustrating qualifying session. 
The 24-year-old Danish driver has endured a rough weekend to this point at the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course. While he ended up next to last in the second practice session, it was ...Keep reading

Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing's magical qualifying run continued as he stormed to pole for the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America.
The reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion delivered a stellar flying lap of 1m43.6615s in the final minute of qualifying to go to the top, which was enough to hold firm at the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course. It marks his sixth pole of ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen earned his sixth career pole and second of the 2026 season on Saturday, rocketing to pole position around NASCAR's all-new 3.4-mile street course at Naval Base Coronado. He even touched the wall twice on his fast lap, pushing to the absolute limit.
"A little bit (surprised)," said Van Gisbergen, who went out with the first group of qualifiers. "I thought the track would be ...Keep reading

Fans at the Lausitzring had to wait a long time, but more than four hours after the end of Saturday's DTM race at the Lausitzring, McLaren driver Ben Dorr was retroactively declared the winner. The McLaren youngster takes his first DTM triumph because the provisional winner Marco Mapelli received a 15-second penalty for speeding under Full Course Yellow.
The Italian Abt Lamborghini driver drops ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer feels not having the latest Ducati GP26 is a handicap after finishing a distant 11th in the Czech Grand Prix sprint.
It has not been an easy sophomore year in MotoGP for Gresini youngster Aldeguer so far.
The Spaniard, who finished as the best MotoGP rookie last year and scored his maiden premier class win in Indonesia, suffered a serious injury to his left leg during ...Keep reading

On Friday, 50-year-old Jimmie Johnson made his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start in 17 years. He qualified up front, led a couple of laps, but a couple of mid-race spins derailed his day before mechanical gremlins put him back to 30th.
The seven-time Cup Series champion is the most successful NASCAR driver of the 21st century, and is known for his fair style of driving, almost always ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi will not be allowed to start Sunday’s Czech Grand Prix after MotoGP stewards penalised him for ‘pushing and striking’ a marshal in the sprint race.
The championship leader was running in fifth place when he crashed at Turn 3 on the penultimate lap of the Brno sprint.
After ending up in the gravel, Bezzecchi ran towards his hobbled Aprilia RS-GP and was seen assaulting a ...Keep reading

Lochie Hughes captured his first win of the season in the opening race of the doubleheader weekend for Indy NXT at Road America. 
The winning move by the Aussie came on a restart with 12 laps to go, where he made an outside pass on pole-sitter Alessandro de Tullio into Turn 1. It was the closest anyone would be to Hughes the rest of the race, as he set off to win by 0.778s at the 4.014-mile ...Keep reading